Filing-cabinet.



FILING CABINET. APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, 1908.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

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I. I w ll Y A M o R 5 m m m o E T w A Wm M m. 3 fmww w L. a Q w a 5 m i WITNESSES E. D. TRAUTMAN & G. JACOBS. FILING CABINET. APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, 1908.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

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ATTORNEY E. D. TRAUTMAN 65 G. JACOBS. FILING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, 1908.

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To all whom t't may concern:

Be it known that we, EnwAnn n. Tram MAN, a citizen of the United States, and

GEO GE JACOBS, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing, respectively, in the I cities of Allianceand Canton, both in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement-in Filing-Cabinets, oi which-the following isr-a specification.

-The'mvent1on relates to a cabinet containing a series of leaves having pockets for the filing of bills, letters, documents or tiers at t operate.

ada ted to be moved upward and the leaves other papers or'articles, and inrwhich the leaves are normally assembled incompact form but are movablymounted so thatthey can be readily operated to be separated at a given point toexpose for access the pockets on either side of any leaf ,for the purpose .of,

readily inserting or removing individual pa are or articles.

n the embodiment of theinventi'on illu trated and described herein, the leaves are assembled-face to face in two stacks .0r tiers, with the side edges of the leaves in one tier located adjacent to the side edges ofthe leaves in the other tier, and the contiguous corners of the leaves in the respective tiers are connected toform chai s. Sprocket inions are mounted betweenthe he top and bottom thereof, .on which pinions the chains are adapted .to The leavesin one tier are thus in t- 1e other tier downward, thussuccessively separating and exposing the individual leaves as thesame are rotatedover or under the respective'pinions.

Under the methods of modern business,

4 e the, great accumulation of papers to'be filed renders it practically necessary to construct filing cabinets of great capacity and to occupy a minimum space wit the accessible ortlons thereof; which requirement is fullled in the type of cabinet herein embodied, by extending the tiers-of leaves indefinitely in height-or depth, as from one floor of a building to and'through an n per or lower floor. Such an extension or t e size of the cabinet .20 increases the weight of the tiers of leaves and the'resistance of the gearing,

that it isinconvenient to operate the same.

by manual rneans; and furthermore, a manual operation 11f possible at all, is necessarily too slow for practlcal purposes.

the

e nbjeet of 'the present invention is to combine a motor -W1th. a seriesof movable leaves, whereby the sameican be-automatically operated --..a.t any reasonable desired speed; and a further purpose to .provide' "means ifor throwing the motor into and-out of gear with the leaf-mechanism so: that the latter can be started and stopped without sudden jar :or'nshcek. v I

LA further --object :of the zinvention .isl'sto combinewiththe motor andleaf-mechanism a keyboard including a series of keys individuallv correlated with the several'leaves, so that the motoricanrbe thrown into gear I with the leaf-mechanism by the d6p1'6SS10D.

of any oneofrthekeys, and'to; rovidedevices ,by-whichthe mechanism t us started is adapted to be automatically; thrown out of gear .so that it :stop when the 'leaf corresponding to the depressed keylhas "are rivediat the PDiRteOf-"QXPQSHTQ.

aThe objectsofithe. invention, thus. set forth in general item, are attained by the construction, mechanism and arrangement illustrated in theaccom anying drawings, form- 8 P hereof, in w ch- 7 ectiveview of the upper F gure 1 is a pers end hf the filingca inet-withsomepams of the case broken-away,-to show the motor, keyboard and the. connections and gears lugs soniewhsat in detail;'Fig. 2, a-vertical section of \the.-cabinet showing the tiers of leaves, the motor and the gearings inside elevation; Fig. -3, a plan of the keyboard-and the .adj acent exposed leaf with some parts broken away -to;show details of the key? board; Fig. .4,' a verticalsection of the-keyboard showmgin-fragmentary side elevation naledin :suitable bearings, as 5, formed or attached on the side walls'fi-o'f the ease. "The projecting pins 7 are provided onthe ends of the leaves, whichpins are adapted to operate successively. inwthe ,cog pinions 8 located at as the co'g wheels 9 and9,

the bottom ef ea'ch tier of leaves.- Thec og ','the sprocket pinions, whereby the leaves in The spring-actuated radial arms 10 are mounted and adapted to moveendwise in-the disks 11 formed orattachedonthefiup r and lower shafts, the movements of which arms being controlled byithej rollers 12 pivoted on the sides ofthe arms and adapted to travel and operate on the inn'en-sides of the cam rings '13 which/are secured to the side walls of the case. The forked'outer ends 14 of the raglial arms are adaptedtoengage the pins of the successive leaves "and to hold such eaves m a substantially radial'position' asthey rotate around the upper and lower sprocket pinions.

The f filing pockets 15 are formed or attached in'each side of the respective leaves,

' and when the leaves are-rotated around the respectivesprocket inions, the sidesof the leaves and the poo ets thereinareysuccessively exposed for access, as shown in Fig. 1. .lhe particular construction and arra e.- ment of;the series of leaves thus assemb ed and connected, form no part of the present invention, but are set forth more in detail and are claimed in our Letters Patent No. 896,486 of August 18, 1908,for a new and useful account cabinet, which same is hereby referred to for a more particular description of the leaf-mechanism. v

A-'"convenien method .of mounting the cabinet, is to make the upper arts 16 of the casein the formof a roll top esk, as shown in Fig. 1, and to locate the 'same at'a convenient distance above. the floor 17 of thefiling room, so that the o erator can be seated for manipulating the e. A suitable motor, as the electric motor 18, is located adjacent to the leaf-mechanism, prefers-bl on the top of the case, and on its axial she 19 is securely fastened the cog pinion 20;

and on the same shaft'are pivoted the swingt es in arms 21 and 21, and e arms are provided with the lever 22. The axis 23' of the cog wheel 24 and of the minor friction disk 25 which is formed or attached on the side of the wheel, is j ournaled in the free ends of the arms 21 and 21. The axis 26 of the ma'or friction. disk 27 and the cog pinion 28 WhlCh is formed or attached on the side of the major disk, is 'oumaled in the bearin 29 formed or attac ed in the side wall of the case, and this cog pinion is adapted to mesh with the main cog wheel 30 which is securely mounted i on the upper shaft of the leaf-mechanism.

The connecting bar 31 is pivoted to the free end of the lever 22 and preferabl extends downward into the rear portion 0 the case.

fma'or disk, as shown by fu each tier are supported in a substantially and horizontal position.

Theeon'necting ba'r is'normaliy lild down ward by action of the controlling sprin .32, sothat the arms 21 and 21 are rotate upward and forward to hold the minor disk free from contact with the 1periphery of the lines in Figs. 1

2, in whichrelation of the parts the motor and the leaf-mechanism are'held out of gear; but by an upward movement of the connecting bar, to swing the arms downward and rearward, tov bring the peri hery of the minor disk into contact wit the of the major disk, asshown by eriphe roken' nes in Fig. 2, the motion of the motor, assuming the same to be in operation,

is communicated to the leaf-mechanism by,

the friction of the minor disk a ainst the major disk, so that the motor an the leafmechanism are thus thrown into ear. The axis of the minor disk is normally coated on the forward side of the line connecting the axes of the motor and the major disk, and

- the parts are so proportioned and arranged that when .the minor disk is thrown into ioper tin contact with the major disk, the axis of t etminor disk approaches but, never uite reaches the lineconnectin the axes of t e motor and the major disk, thus effecting an easily controllable wedge action of the one disk against the other, whereby the leaf mechanism can begradually started by a slight pressure of the minor disk against the major disk, and can be operated to the full -s eed of the motor, as transmitted through t e respective gearings; by a com lete or full pressure of the one disk against t e other.-

The keyboard 33 is formed or attached on the forward wall 34 of the case, preferably in front of the upper end of the forward tier of leaves, so that an operator seated at the keyboard will face the upper forward exposure of the leaves as theyv are successively rotated over'the upper sprocket pinions.

The ke board is composed of one or more rows 0 related wit leaves of thecabinet. res ective keys are adapted tobe guided ke s 35' each one of which is corlia certain leaf or'with adjoining an to operate endwise 1n the apertures 37 The shanks 36 of the formed in the upper and lower plates 38 and 38 of the keyboard, and the respective keys are'normally held upward in their inc erative position by means of the individual spiral springs 39. F

The

0112011118.] operating plate 40 "is located in the keyboard and is provided with the arms 41 one of which extends rearwardly in the case on each side of the tiers of leaves, the plate and the arms beingadapted to operate b sliding directly forward and rearward in t e guides as 42 formed or attached on the side walls of the case. A slotted p ate for the shank of each one of t e ke s, the forward wall of each slot being beve ed a erture 43 is provided in the operating gradually mcreasing the by the full as at 44' in its upper portion and I theleveis, against'theupper s ides of which formed square or vertical as at 45 in its lower portion; and'the shank'of each key is provided with the 46 on its forward side, the

lower rear e 47 of which lug being beveled to correspond with the beveled wall of the slot and the upper rear edge 48 of the lug beingforined vertical to squarely'abut the vertical portion of the forward wall of the slot.

The slottedelongated from 1 normal inoperative position of the plate there is an interval between the forward edge of each key shank and the forward wall of each aprertures in the plate are .slot, as shown in Figs. 1., 2 and 3; and the parts are so arranged that when any onekey 1s de ressedto the position shown for the rear ey 35 in Fig. 4, the beveled portion of the lug on the key will first operate against the beveled ortionof the wall of the .slot and the resu ting sliding wedge action will move the plate rearward, until the vertical portion of the edge of the lug is brought to abut the vertical ortion of the wall of the slot, whereupon t e plate .:is locked in its rearward position. In this relation of the parts, the individual springs of thekeys are strong enough to hold the free keys upward in their normal position, but at the same time they are not-strong enou h to over-' connected with the adjacent arm of the operating plate and the other arm is pivotally connected with the lower end of the connecting bar. The parts are so proportioned and arranged that the backward movement of the operating plate described above asbeing caused by the de ression of one of the keys,

serves to throw t e motor into gear with the leaf mechanism, and to can an operation of the same when the motor rotating. It is evident that the movementof the leaf-mocha anism can be started without sudden shock by gradually depressing the key and thereby ressure of the minor disk on the major dis until the maximum speed of the leaf-mechanism is attained ressure of the one disk on the other, which is accomplished by the complete depression of the key; in which fullspeed operative relation of the parts, the mechanism is locked by the abutment of the vertical portions of the slotted aperture of the late and of the lug of the ke Tlie transverse rod 50 is securel y mounted in the keyboard anda series of trip levers 51 is pivoted thereon, there being one lever cor-' responding to each key. The fingers 52 are provided on the side of the forward ends of ontto near, andin the fingers the stems 53., 53 and 53*, formed or attached "on and projecting from the sides of the shanks of the respective keys, are adapted to operate to' depress the forward end of. the lever when thesarticular key pertaining to it is depresse The levers are normally located in an inclined position with the rearward or trip end 54 directed downward and terminating some distance in front of forward edges of the leaves of the forward tier, and the parts are so proportioned and arranged that when theforwand end of the lever' is depressed by the operation of its afiiliated key, the lever-is rotated to a substantially horizontal o'sition, which brings the trip end thereof quite close to the forward edge of the leaves in the forward tier.

The projecting tongues '55 are provided on the outer free side edges of the respective leaves, and these tongues are located laterally, in' echelon so that not more than one tongue travels in the same vertical plane. Each tongue is, located in a vertical plane coinciding with the plane of a particular trip lever,so;;that when such lever is thrown to-its horizontal osition by the depression of its particular ey to throw the leaf-mechanism into gear, the trip end of the lever will be thrown into the path of the coinciding tongue. When the leaf-mechanism has been 0 rated to carry the leaf in question upward,- orward and then downward, over the up 1' sprocket pinions, the tongue on the leaf w1ll strike the trip end of the lever and carry it downward; and by the upward movement of the finger on the forward end of the lever against the stern, of the depressed key, the key willbe thrown upwar whereupon the pperating plate'is froe to be moved forw which movement is'a'ccom lished by the controlling spring which", in so oing, draws the connect ing bar downward and throws the motor out 7 of gear with the leaf-mechanism.

In the cabinet illustrated herein, the leaves are adapted to move upward in the rear tier and downward in the forward tier so that each leaf is successively thrown upward and forward and then downward over the upper sprocker gear, and in this movement the pockets located on the upper side of one leaf and the pockets located on the forward side of the succeeding leaf are exposed to view and for access at a given time, as shown in Fig. 1. Each leaf of the series is indexed or indicated as by the letters A, B, C, D, etc., to indicate the first letter of the names contained on the bills filed therein, and a similar reference letter is marked on the key which is adapted by means ofits trip lever and one of the leaf tongues, to throw the motormechanism out of gear with the leaf-mechan ism to stop thecorrespondingly indexed leaf in the exposed position noted above.

It will be understood that in the embodiment ci-ithe invention herein set forth, the

. leaf which carries the trip ton 'e is located somewhat 1n advance, as the caves are rotated, of the leaf which is indexed likethe key which has been employed to start andstop the leaf-mechanism; but. this arrangement is not an essential feature of the invention. And it is furthermore evident that the particular form and arrangement of the gearings, connections and coiirdinating devices which are'illu-strated and described, are not essential to the more eneral features of the invention. It will a so be understood that within certain limits one key is provided for each leaf ofthe series, but that when the number of'leaves is greatly increased, one key 1s correlated with two or more leaves; in

whichla tter event, theseries is arranged to be stopped to expose one of the correlated leaves and the others are exposed, if necessary, by operating the leaf-mechanism by manual means.

What we claim as our invention, and de-' sire to secure by Letters Patent, is'-- 1. A filing cabinet including a movable series of leaves adapted to be successively exposed at a certain place, a motor, an intervemng wedge-actmg frlctlon gear, a senes of keys correlated with the leaves connections, d trip devices.

ing the leaves and motor into gear by the operation of one key,- and trip devices actu ated by certain leaves to stop in the ex osed place the leaf which is correlated wit the starting key.

.3. A filing cabinet including a movable series of leaves adapted to be successively ex posed at a certain place, an operating motor, a series of keys correlated with the leaves, connections for throwing the leaves and motor into gear by the operation of one key, and devices-for throwing them out of gear to coarse stop the exposed place the leaf which is correlated with the starting key. I

4. A filing cabinet including 'a motor-actuated series of movable leaves ada ted to be successively exposed at a certain ries of keys correlated with the eaves and having connections for start' the operation of one key, an devices actuated by certain leaves for stopping in the-exposed place the leafwhich is correlated with the starting key. I v I 5. A filing cabinet including a movable series, of leaves adapted to be successively exposed at a certain place, amotor, an intervening wedge-acting friction gear, a series of keys, and connections between thekeysl and gear whereby the leaves andmotor are pace, a se-' the leaves by thrown into gear by the operation of one key. 7

6. A filingcabinet 'including a movable series of'leaves adapted to besuccessively exposed at 'a' certain place, a motor, anintervening gear, and-a series ofkeys correlated with the leaves and having connections for throwing the leaves and motor into gear by the operation ofone key,-

7. A filing cabinet-including-amovable,

series of leaves adapted to be successively exposed at a certain place, an operating. motor, a series of keys correlated with the leaves:i

and connections for throwingthe leaves an motor into gear by the operationof one key.

8. A filing cabinet including a motor-actuated series of movable leaves adaptedto be successively ex osed at a certain placeand a series of keys aving'connections for start' ing the leaves by the operation of one key.

9. A filing cabinet, including a motor-actuated movable series of leaves ada ted to be successively exposed at a certain p ace, and a series of trip devices correlated with the leaves and actuated by certain leaves to stop I a. correlated leaf in the exposed place.

10. A filing cabinet, including a movable series of leaves adapted to be successively exposed at a certain lace, and a series of trip devices correlated with the leaves and actuated by certain leaves tofstop a corre= .lated leaf in the expos'ed place.

' EDWA D D. TRAUTMAN. GEORGE JACOBS. Witnesses:

MARY A. OAVANAUGH, Josnrn Fnnxsn. 

